In February 2013, the City launched an extensive public involvement campaign called “Kirkland 2035: Your Voice. Your Vision. Your Future.” that engaged the Kirkland community in a major update to the City’s Comprehensive Plan and in the development of new andrevised city-wide long-range strategic plans. At its December 8, 2015 meeting, the Kirkland City Council approved several ordinances that ultimately adopted the proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan, Neighborhood Plans, Citizen Amendment Requests (CARs), the Totem Lake Business District Plan, the official Land Use and Zoning maps, and changes to the Kirkland Zoning Code and Kirkland Municipal Code.

“The Comprehensive Plan is vital to how Kirkland will accommodate the housing and job growth expected in the next 20 years and ensures services and infrastructure to meet those demands,” notes Mayor Amy Walen. “The City Council is extremely thankful to neighbors and businesses who participated in not only the Comprehensive Plan update process but to those who engaged with all of the other plans.”

“This initiative was an enormous body of work and I’m proud of the level of involvement of the community and the products that have resulted from it,” notes Deputy Mayor Penny Sweet. “The community’s vision for their city to be walkable, livable, vibrant and green is present in the goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan and all of the Kirkland 2035 plans.”

“In the short term and long term, implementation of the goals and projects in these plans is what comes next,” notes Eric Shields, Director, Planning & Building Department. “Kirkland residents are encouraged to stay informed and get involved in the issues that matter most to them.”